With half of our running back room set to leave during free agency, the Jaguars could end up looking for value at the position in the upcoming draft.
So I decided to look at the last 3 years of college production of each draft eligible back using the stats at CFBStats.com and the consensus big board over at NFLMockDraftDatabase,com. The stats we will be looking at are Redzone success rate (the percentage of 1st down or TD plays in the RZ), yards per carry on all plays, and how the backs fared in short yardage scenarios on 3rd down (the percentage of 1st down or TD plays).
Without further ado:
| Name |
RZ Success Rate |
3yr YPC |
3 yr 3rd 1-3 success rate |
Avg Big Board Rank |
| Bijan Robinson |
40.74 |
6.33 |
69.23 |
13 |
| Jahmyr Gibbs |
34.04 |
5.57 |
43.75 |
31 |
| Zach Charbonnet |
39.29 |
6.28 |
80.65 |
62 |
| Devon Achane |
40.58 |
6.44 |
81.82 |
73 |
| Zach Evans |
52.00 |
6.89 |
100.00 |
79 |
| Tank Bigsby |
44.58 |
5.38 |
85.29 |
94 |
| Kenny McIntosh |
41.54 |
5.53 |
60.87 |
99 |
| Chase Brown |
30.12 |
5.30 |
78.95 |
100 |
| Roschon Johnson |
43.08 |
5.73 |
93.75 |
106 |
| Deuce Vaughn |
36.89 |
5.54 |
59.46 |
113 |
| Sean Tucker |
39.77 |
5.40 |
85.29 |
121 |
| Kendre Miller |
41.27 |
6.68 |
84.00 |
128 |
| DeWayne McBride |
51.65 |
7.28 |
88.64 |
136 |
| Tyjae Spears |
45.45 |
6.88 |
72.41 |
146 |
| Eric Gray |
44.93 |
5.69 |
67.65 |
147 |
| Mohamed Ibrahim |
46.38 |
5.27 |
81.48 |
168 |
| Israel Abanikanda |
59.15 |
5.58 |
82.76 |
177 |
| Chris Rodriguez Jr. |
42.55 |
5.91 |
76.47 |
179 |
| Hunter Luepke |
#DIV/0! |
#DIV/0! |
#DIV/0! |
192 |
| Camerun Peoples |
42.17 |
6.08 |
62.50 |
202 |
| Evan Hull |
37.29 |
4.82 |
70.73 |
211 |
| Keaton Mitchell |
31.25 |
6.54 |
57.89 |
238 |
| Lew Nichols III |
46.99 |
4.99 |
53.70 |
261 |
| Trelon Smith |
43.75 |
4.88 |
52.63 |
279 |
| Travis Dye |
53.01 |
6.19 |
95.65 |
289 |
| Tiyon Evans |
57.69 |
6.40 |
60.00 |
295 |
| Tavion Thomas |
56.79 |
5.14 |
72.50 |
301 |
| Khalan Laborn |
45.00 |
4.96 |
79.31 |
351 |
| Noah Cain |
44.44 |
4.17 |
76.92 |
363 |
| Shaun Shivers |
33.33 |
4.36 |
68.75 |
385 |
| Jarek Broussard |
37.04 |
5.14 |
68.18 |
408 |
| SaRodorick Thompson |
50.75 |
5.05 |
79.31 |
414 |
| Emari Demercado |
27.45 |
5.04 |
52.94 |
427 |
| Xazavian Valladay |
43.53 |
5.39 |
70.59 |
474 |
If college production is any indicator, players such as DeWayne McBride and Travis Dye could be just the values the Jaguars could be looking for in the later rounds.
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